San Diego Rotary

DARK - No meeting
2016-12-29 | CA
Happy New Year!

Prospective Member Reception
2017-01-05 11:15 - 12:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Give the Gift of Rotary!
You and your prospective member are invited to a pre-lunch meeting reception at the Liberty Station Conference Center for an opportunity to introduce your member prospect to some of our club Rotarians and Board Members and to learn more about us and Rotary. The club will provide a complimentary lunch for your guest.
—ADMISSION REQUIREMENT—Bring one prospective member!
The Reception will begin at 11:15 in Room 207.
Registration is required! Click here to register.
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2017 Economic Forecast
2017-01-05 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Guest speakers: Alan Nevin, real estate economist and director of economic and market research for Xpera Group, and Dr. Alan Gin, professor of economics at USD. Both will give provide their expert predictions for the 2017 local and national economy.
Alan Nevin has an extensive background in real estate economics, lending and market analysis. He serves the development, investment, legal and public agency communities with residential and commercial real estate valuation, feasibility and real estate advisory services and litigation support.
In the past, Mr. Nevin served as Director of Real Estate Research for HomeFed Bank and was President of ConAm Securities, a subsidiary of ConAm Management Company. Mr. Nevin also served as Chief Economist for the California Building Industry Association. He is the co-founder of firms that bought, built, rehabbed and operated more than three dozen residential and commercial projects in San Diego County, valued in excess of $250 million. He was a founding member of three savings and loan associations.
Mr. Nevin taught for 30+ years at UCSD Extension. He is an instructor of a CLE-approved seminar on Litigation Economics and taught the capstone course on feasibility studies for the Master’s program at USD Burnham Moores Institute of Real Estate.
In 2016, Mr. Nevin published his landmark book, The Great Divide: The True Story of America Tomorrow, detailing America’s demographic and economic trends, and where it is leading the country for the next 25 years.
Alan Gin is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of San Diego. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, and his Master’s of Arts and Ph.D. degrees, both in Economics, from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Professor Gin came to the University of San Diego in 1988, after having previous taught at Loyola Marymount University and the University of California at Santa Barbara. His work experience includes stints with the Community Development Department of the County of Fresno and the Public Works Department of the City of Oxnard.
Professor Gin is one of the affiliated faculty members of the University of San Diego’s Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate. His other research interests include local public finance, urban transportation, and the economy of San Diego. On the latter subject, he is best known for developing and publishing the University of San Diego’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators for San Diego County, a monthly report on the outlook for the local economy. Professor Gin’s insights on the local economy have made him a popular source for interviews, and he has given over 1,000 interviews to local and national media sources. He has been quoted in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the San Diego Daily Transcript, the San Diego Business Journal, Newsweek, and other publications.

Brad Tilden - CEO, Alaska Airlines
2017-01-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Why Alaska Airlines believes Different Works
How does a business grow and thrive? For Alaska Airlines, it means breaking the industry mold while running the business in a sustainable way. Hear how Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden redefines customer service in an industry that has historically not performed very well, and why he’s optimistic about what’s ahead in California.
Brad Tilden serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of Alaska Air Group and Alaska Airlines. Alaska flies more than 200 aircraft to 114 destinations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica and has 15,200 employees. Alaska has grown significantly over the years and is a Fortune 500 company.
Under the leadership of Tilden and his team, Alaska is focusing on low fares, profitable growth of the route network and becoming the easiest airline to fly. Alaska has earned recognition for ranking highest in customer satisfaction among traditional North American carriers by J.D. Power for nine consecutive years. The airline has also ranked No. 1 in on-time performance for six consecutive years by FlightStats.com, and has received other honors for philanthropy, community service and environmental stewardship. In addition to these achievements, Alaska consistently ranks among the nation’s most profitable airlines.
Tilden is a 25-year veteran of Alaska Air Group. He has previously served as executive vice president of finance and planning, chief financial officer, and corporate controller. Before joining Alaska, he spent eight years with the accounting firm Price Waterhouse. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Pacific Lutheran University and an executive master’s degree in business administration from the University of Washington.
Tilden was ranked #22 among the Top 50 Corporate Leaders in America by Fortune magazine in 2015. He has also been recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal as Executive of the Year, and by the Boy Scouts of America as a Distinguished Eagle Scout.
Tilden serves on the boards of the Washington Roundtable, the Boy Scouts of America, Pacific Lutheran University, and Nordstorm. Additionally, he chairs the board of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
A Seattle native, Tilden grew up a few miles from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where he developed an early love of aviation. He holds a commercial pilot’s license and enjoys flying recreationally. He also enjoys cycling and spending time with his family.

Steve Snyder - CEO, Fleet Science Center
2017-01-19 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
San Diego’s Scientific Future
With industry leading companies and world-class research institutions, our region has a unique place in the world of science and technology. Work emanating from San Diego has and continues to change the world. But are we really doing all we can to grab the opportunity that our scientific past affords us?
Dr. Steven Snyder is the CEO for the Fleet Science Center in San Diego, CA. Since taking on the role in 2013, he has brought ambitious science experiences to San Diego, like “ILLUSION,” which made its North American premiere at the Fleet, and “Taping Shape,” opening in January 2016. He expanded the Fleet Inquiry Institute to teach the inquiry method of science learning to more than 1,000 local educators a year. Most significantly, Snyder redefined the Fleet’s role, taking it from a science center in Balboa Park to a community organization dedicated to helping all San Diegans achieve their place in our shared scientific future. To that end, he brought science into the community with unexpected programs like Two Scientists Walk Into a Bar, which brings 50 scientists to 25 bars all over San Diego County every quarter. And he launched 52 Weeks of Science, which leverages the wealth of local science and technology resources to bring science events directly to neighborhoods. He is a member of the ASTC Finance Committee, a trustee of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership and a Steering Committee Member for the San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering. He is also a science advisor for the giant screen film Secrets of the Universe.
Dr. Snyder graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and took his Ph.D. in Physics in 1996 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.

In celebration of the Chinese New Year
2017-01-26 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Guest speaker: Dr. Li-Rong Lilly Cheng
Dr. Li-Rong Lilly Cheng is a Professor in the School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and the Executive Director of Chinese Studies Institute at San Diego State University. She is the Managing Director of the Confucius Institute at SDSU.
Her presentation will focus on the most important elements of understanding the differences between the east and the west.
Thomas Friedman says the winners in the 21st-century will be those with more PQ and CQ in order to leverage all the new digital tools to not just find a job, but to invent one or reinvent one, and not to just learn but to relearn, for a lifetime.
In his book ‘The World is Flat’ he talked about how we must be globally competent. Global competence is defined as the ability to work across cultures with the understanding of cultural imperatives and mandates. Cultural imperative are driven by cultural values and world views. World views are deeply rooted in cultural and history of people. So an appreciation of such differences is part of the acquisition of global cultural competence.

Monthly Board meeting
2017-01-27 07:30 - 09:00 | Club 33 Conference Room, 2247 San Diego Ave, Suite 233, San Diego, CA, 92110, United States

Maureen Stapleton - GM, San Diego County Water Authority
2017-02-02 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Water, Water, Everywhere…Beyond the California Drought
Water is never a dry subject, and 2017 promises to be another action-packed year in the water world. Maureen Stapleton, general manager of the San Diego County Water Authority, will bring us up-to-date on the important water issues to watch this year. The Water Authority is the region’s wholesale water provider and over the past two decades has executed a diversification strategy that has ensured water reliability in support of the region’s $222 billion economy and its 3.3 million people.

Valentine' Day Sweethearts Program
2017-02-09 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Join us for an incredibly entertaining program featuring a performance by Master of Fine Arts Musical Theater students that are in the nationally acclaimed musical theater program at SDSU. This is a lunch you will truly enjoy, especially if you bring a sweetheart!
Please call or email the office if you plan to bring guests to this meeting.
A special thank you to Patti Roscoe for sponsoring this program.

Chris Yanov - Founder & President, Reality Changers
2017-02-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Changing Reality in San Diego
How did a program that began in 2001 with just $300 produce a $1 billion impact on San Diego’s economy? And how did it come up with a solution to gang violence by throwing out all the rules of conventional wisdom? On Thursday, February 16, come hear the unlikely success story of how Reality Changers, headquartered here in San Diego, has become a national model for building first generation college students.

Michael Jones - President, The Maritime Alliance
2017-02-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Promoting a regional “Blue Voice”
The Blue Economy is enormous, growing, and critical for the future of humans on earth…yet it is little understood, studied and promoted. The Maritime Alliance (TMA) is the non-profit organizer of the largest ocean and water technology (BlueTech) cluster in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world. TMA is the Blue Voice of the San Diego region recognized nationally and internationally for its work.

Michael Jones founded The Maritime Alliance (TMA) in 2007 after noticing that San Diego has a strong cluster of maritime technology companies. His background is finance and international relations, having spent 8 years as a commercial lender and 31 years as an investment banker with his firm ProFinance Associates. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at San Diego State University (SDSU), a member of the Board of Directors of the Maritime Museum of San Diego, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS). He is also a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. to help SAIS focus on the Blue Economy. Michael speaks five languages and travels extensively.

Grotarian Event - San Diego Art Institute
2017-02-28 17:30 - 19:30 | San Diego Art Institute, 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
Join your fellow Grotarians for a guided tour, hors d’oeuvres, and cocktails at the San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park’s only contemporary art museum. On display will be “Boiling Process 5: Mythodologies” featuring installations and video art by 30 young artists from Tijuana, San Diego, and Los Angeles. As part of this event, enjoy a special experimental sound performance by renowned musician Scott Nielsen.
Date: February 28, 2017
Time: 5:30-7:30
Location: San Diego Art Institute, 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101 (across the street from The Old Globe)
There is plenty of parking behind the Organ Pavilion.
Cost: $25/person
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Gordan Carrier, Brad Richter & Michael McNerney
2017-03-02 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Downtown’s Progress and Innovation
Employers in US Urban Centers of Innovation continue to evolve, and the spaces designed to support them are morphing as well. Come hear details of downtown’s development projections and accomplishments through the eyes of Civic San Diego Executive, while hearing from a developer and architect about two innovation projects focused on re-interpreting San Diego’s offering as a place inspiring Live, Work, and Play.
Our panel of speakers include Gordon Carrier, Founder and Design Principal of Carrier Johnson + CULTURE, Brad Richter, VP of Planning with Civic San Diego, and Michael McNerney, Senior VP of Lowe Enterprises Real Estate Group.

Grotarian Event - Connections Housing Tour
2017-03-08 05:30 - 19:30 | Connections Housing, 1250 6th Avenue, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
Wednesday March 8, 2017
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Connections Housing
1250 6th Avenue,
San Diego, CA 92101
Join Grotarians, Rotarians and Rotaracts at Connections Housing, located at 1250 6th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101. The building is the old World Trade Center, previously the Harcourt Brace Building and originally the San Diego Club. The Ten Downing restaurant was once in the space where the swimming pool was located. What is Connections Housing? In 2008, the San Diego City Council, with the support of the Mayor, the San Diego Housing Commission and CCDC initiated a vision for a one-stop homeless services center. In 2010, a volunteer citizen’s panel, along with the approval of the San Diego City Counsel, selected PATH as the lead agency for the project. PATH San Diego’s Connections Housing is a partnership which brings a variety of agencies together under one roof to meet the many needs of the downtown homeless population. The Interim Housing program accommodates 150 people at one time, and is designed to move people off the street quickly. Clients suing this short-term housing are encouraged to stay in the building throughout the day to access the three dozen plus services provided in the PATH Depot.
We will tour the facility and view the services which the facility provides. With the rise of homeless in San Diego this is a very current issue and something we should all be aware of.
After the tour concludes(about an hour), we will move next door to the Union Bank Building, 530 B Street, Suite 300, at the offices of Messner & Smith. We will have access to the outdoor 3rd floor terrace where catered barbeque sandwiches, from the Barbeque Boss, and liquid refreshments will be served.
Parking should be available on the street and automatic (credit card required) parking will be available in the Union Bank’s underground facility.
Cost per person is $15 for Rotarians and their guests, and $8 for Rotaracts. (If you are a Rotaract registering for this event, please register using the “discount pricing” and add a (R) at the end of your last name)
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Peter Callstrom and Max Villalobos
2017-03-09 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Peter Callstrom, President & CEO of San Diego Workforce Partnership, will highlight the significant role of San Diego’s healthcare organizations as major employers, and discuss the demands for a qualified workforce for the healthcare sector. Max Villalobos, Chief Operating Officer of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals San Diego Service Area, will preview the opening of the new $1 billion flagship Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center, and discuss the future of patient care through technology and innovation.
The New Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center
More than 1,000 new jobs are being created at this new flagship hospital, located in Kearney Mesa (Interstate 15 and Clairemont Mesa Boulevard), which will be the first certified LEED Platinum healthcare facility in the world. This is a sneak peek opportunity to learn about the incredible process of building and opening a $1 billion facility, including dramatic drone footage of the construction and time lapse of the project, as well the intricate process of opening for patient care. There have been folks dedicated to every detail of that process for more than two years. The new facility will be unveiled to the public on April 25, 2017.

2017 Camp Enterprise Kick Off-Guest speaker Stephan Aarstol
2017-03-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
This is our club’s 42nd year of bringing high school juniors to camp where they learn about the Free Enterprise System!
The camp provides an important learning environment for all to gain leadership skills and experience team building, and students come away with a greater awareness of their possibilities. Join us as we send these students off to a life changing and transformative experience.
Our keynote speaker this year will be Stephan Aarstol, Founder and CEO of Tower Paddle Boards.
He is known as the guy who forgot his pitch on ABC reality show “Shark Tank” in its third season.
But the Tower Paddle Boards founder managed to recover and snag a $150,000 investment from billionaire Mark Cuban, in the episode that aired in March 2012. In exchange, Cuban got 30 percent ownership in the business and its earnings.
Stephan Aarstol and his online manufacturer direct stand-up paddle-board company have since been recognized by both People and Entrepreneur magazines as one of the show’s top 10 success stories.
Stephan is an entrepreneurial thought leader and online marketing expert. With over 15 years of Internet experience, he has worked with a large variety of startups, from ecommerce and medical imaging to educational toys and youth backpacking. He founded Tower Paddle Boards in June of 2010 after picking up the sport early that year in the waves of La Jolla shores. Like anyone else whose tried the sport, he’s been hooked ever since.
Stephan holds an MBA in New Venture Management from the University of San Diego and lives in San Diego today.

Club Foundation Board meeting
2017-03-21 12:00 - 13:30 | Club 33 Conference Room, 2247 San Diego Ave, Suite 233, San Diego, CA, 92110, United States

Carl Guardino, CEO-Silicon Valley Leadership Group
2017-03-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
“Lessons on Leadership – Silicon Valley and San Diego’s Innovation Economy”
Annually, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group produces the “Silicon Valley Competitiveness Project,” with 20 key indicators by which to contrast Silicon Valley with the other five top Tech Regions in the United States, including Southern California (San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles Counties), Austin, Boston, Seattle and New York City. What are the skills and traits each region needs to protect and grow its success?
Carl Guardino, one of Silicon Valley’s most distinguished business and community leaders, is the President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a public policy trade association that represents more than 400 of Silicon Valley’s most respected employers.
In February 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Guardino to a four-year term on the California Transportation Commission and has been reappointed twice by Governor Jerry Brown. In 2000, the San Jose Mercury News named Guardino one of the “Five Most Powerful” people in Silicon Valley, in a once-per-decade “Power Study.” He received similar recognition in 2010.
Known throughout the region as a consensus builder, Guardino has championed a number of important issues, especially in the areas of transportation and housing. Most recently, Guardino led a 3-year effort that culminated in “Measure B” on the November, 2016 ballot, which will generate an additional $6.5 billion in local funds for traffic relief improvements. Measure B passed with 71.74% of the vote. As a housing advocate, he co-created the Housing Trust Silicon Valley, which has helped 20,000 families afford homes in high-cost Silicon Valley by raising more than $90 million in voluntary contributions.

San Diego Padres
2017-03-30 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Tom Seidler, Senior VP and member of the ownership group, along with Erik Greupner, COO, will catch us up on all things Padres and what’s in store for the new season!

Dr. Eli Berman- Empirical Studies of Conflict: Implications for ISIS and Syria
2017-04-06 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Dr. Eli Berman will summarize a decade of research on economics in conflict zones, and draw lessons for confronting ISIS and stabilizing Iraq and Syria. Using evidence from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts, Berman will explain why local allies must be induced by foreign powers to provide governance and enable economic development to stabilize Syria and reverse refugee flows. Framing development and security force assistance in that context implies practical policy reforms.
Dr. Berman is Chair and Professor of economics at UC San Diego. He is also Research Director for International Security Studies at UCSD’s Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC).
IGCC addresses global challenges to peace and prosperity through academically rigorous, policy-relevant research, training, and outreach on international security, economic development, and the environment. It brings scholars together across social science and lab science disciplines to work on topics such as regional security, nuclear proliferation, innovation and national security, development and political violence, emerging threats, and climate change.
His book Radical, Religious and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism was published in 2009. Dr. Berman received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.

Dr. Edith Eva Eger
2017-04-13 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
A native of Hungary, Edith Eva Eger was just a young teenager in 1944 when she experienced one of the worst evils the human race has ever known. As a Jew living in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, she and her family were sent to Auschwitz, the heinous death camp. Her parents lost their lives there. Toward the end of the war Edith and other prisoners had been moved to Austria. On May 4, 1945 a young American soldier noticed her hand moving slightly amongst a number of dead bodies. He quickly summoned medical help and brought her back from the brink of death.
After the war Edith moved to Czechoslovakia where she met the man she would marry. In 1949 they moved to the United States. In 1969 she received her degree in Psychology from the University of Texas, El Paso. She then pursued her doctoral internship at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Dr. Eger is a prolific author and a member of several professional associations. She has a clinical practice in La Jolla, California and holds a faculty appointment at the University of California, San Diego. She has appeared on numerous television programs including Oprah Winfrey and was the primary subject of a holocaust documentary that appeared on Dutch National Television. She is frequently invited to make speaking engagements throughout the United States, Mexico, and abroad.
Dr. Eger will share her story of victimization to empowerment. She will also share with us lessons that prove everybody is a survivor of something and that every experience has a gift for us that is for the greater good.

Hoover Interact Committee
2017-04-13 13:30 - 14:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States

Grotarian Event - SD County Sheriff's Regional Crime Lab
2017-04-18 17:30 - 19:30 | SD County Sheriff Crime Lab, 5255 Mt. Etna Dr., San Diego, CA, 92117, United States
THIS EVENT IS FULL – REGISTRATION HAS BEEN CLOSED
You are invited to a tour of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Crime Lab. The laboratory provides forensic science services to over 30 law enforcement and criminal justice agencies. The lab’s Crime Scene Investigation team responds to homicides and other serious crimes countywide. The jurisdiction covers over 4,000 square miles, including the Mexican international border, federal military installations, Indian lands, the Anza Borrego desert and the Pacific Ocean. They provide specialized analysis in controlled substance and alcohol, DNA and trace evidence (including arson, explosives, fibers and paint), latent fingerprint development and comparison, questioned documents (including handwriting comparison), firearms and tool marks. We will tour the facility and speak with analysts. After the tour, we will enjoy food and adult beverages.
April 18, 2017
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
San Diego County Sheriff’s
Regional Crime Laboratory
5255 Mt. Etna Dr.
San Diego, CA 92117
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Four-Way Test Speech District Contest Finals
2017-04-20 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED. PLEASE CONTACT THE SAN DIEGO ROTARY OFFICE AT 619-299-3309 WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
Club 33 will be hosting this year’s compelling contest on Thursday, April 20th. Dozens of students, whose extraordinary commitment to this highly competitive contest since early January, have been crisscrossing the County competing at numerous Rotary Clubs in quest of making the finals at our event.
Six amazing students, from over 15 high schools throughout San Diego County, will compete in this contest. These students have won several contests along the way, collecting prize money and recognition. Our event will feature the “best of the best” and we encourage you all to please lock this date in on your calendar. We expect a sell-out crowd.
Club 33 is very proud to host these outstanding young leaders of tomorrow. Our Club has long led an extraordinary example of developing and presenting the very finest programs for our youth. Please join visiting Rotarians, and friends and families of contestants throughout our Region as we present “the program of the year”, The Rotary Four Way Test Speech Contest. See you there!
Registration for non-San Diego Rotary club members is required.
Cost of lunch is $32 per person or $5 for no lunch. You can select your meal choice at check-in. (There will be designated Beverage Only tables and seating at the back of the room for non-eaters.) Lunch will begin at 11:45 am. The program will begin at 12:15 pm.
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Hoover Interact Committee-Interviews for Class of 2020
2017-04-26 | CA
Please contact Mia Harenski mkh@cccpa.com or David Kvendru dkvendru@cox.net for more information.

Offsite Evening Meeting at the San Diego History Center
2017-04-27 17:30 - 19:30 | San Diego History Center, 1649 El Prado Suite #3, San Diego, CA, 92101
There will NOT be a lunch meeting at Liberty Station today. Instead, we will be meeting at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and adult beverages will be served. (This is not a sit-down dinner)
We will get to tour and visit the History Center’s current exhibitions, including “The History & Heritage of San Diego’s Jewish Community,” “Irving J. Gill: New Architecture for a Great Country,” and “The Lore Behind the Roar! 100 Years Of The San Diego Zoo.” Guided tours to see their research library and archives will also be available.
Guests are welcome (Regular $32 lunch cost applies).
Click here to register ONLY IF YOU WILL BE BRINGING A GUEST.
Click here for directions to the History Center.

2017 Rotarians at Work Day
2017-04-29 | CA
Rotarians At Work Day happens the last Saturday in April each year. Started in 2006 as a joint effort between two Rotary Districts (one in the United States and one in Mexico), Rotarians at Work Day continues to grow. Each year, Clubs around the world identify a hands-on project that all members can participate in to help their local community.
Don’t forget to take some pictures and email them in to the Rotary office. Thank you for your participation!
To sign up for a project, click on the project name. (Rotaracts, please add a (R) at the end of your last name.)
Project: SD Zoo – Animal Enrichment – THIS PROJECT IS FULL
Address: San Diego Zoo, 2920 Zoo Drive
Time: 9:00 am – Noon
# of volunteers needed: 70-80
Description: Build, construct and paint colorful cardboard creatures to be placed in animal exhibits. Children are welcome but must be at least 9 years old
Coordinator: Mark Stuart
Click here to see the list of volunteers
Project: Balboa Park Nursery
Address: 2850 Pershing Dr., SD 92101
Time: 8:00 am – Noon
# of volunteers needed: 20-25
Description: Transplant trees, shrubs and plants
Coordinator: Jim Hughes
Click here to see the list of volunteers
Project: Hoover High School
Address: 4474 El Cajon Blvd. San Diego 92115
Time: 9:00 am – Noon
# of volunteers needed: 20
Description: Work alongside 50 Hoover Interact students helping to paint and improve the exterior of the school, trimming bushes and beautifying the school.
Coordinator: Beatriz Valencia
Click here to see the list of volunteers
Project: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery – THIS PROJECT IS FULL
Address: 1880 Cabrillo Memorial Dr., SD 92106
Time: 8:00 am – Noon
# of volunteers needed: 25-40
Description: Grave restoration and ground beautification. Bring a hat and work gloves. Family members above the age of 10 are welcome.
Coordinator: Mike Caruso
Click here to see the list of volunteers
Project: St. Paul’s Senior Center
Address: 328 Maple Street, SD 92103 (meet in parking lot off of 3rd avenue)
Time: 8:30 am – 11:30 am (lunch 11:30 am-1:30 pm)
# of volunteers needed: 8-15
Description: Please help us keep our communities beautiful! It will involve painting! Then afterwards please join us in our Children’s Park for lunch and picnic games at our Annual Volunteer Picnic. Kids are welcome…we will spoil them!
Coordinator: Cheryl Wilson/Myrna Kinter
Click here to see the list of volunteers

Hoover Interact Parent Orientation
2017-05-03 | CA

Phil Blair and Jenni Prisk - Brush Up Your 30-Second Elevator Pitch
2017-05-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
You can have two 30 second elevator speeches – one when you are looking for a new job and the other when you are asked “what do you do?”
Those in our club who have experienced Jenni and Phil’s program know there will be fun and surprises as some of you will get an opportunity to tell all of our Rotarians, in 30 seconds or less (no more!), about your business (or nonprofit) and how we can all help you grow and be even more successful. Practice what you want to tell us…you just might get called on!

Peter Yarrow
2017-05-11 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
One of history’s greatest musical figures is visiting Club 33 on May 11th. Peter Yarrow, from the famous trio Peter, Paul and Mary will sing to Rotary and introduce a song he wrote for Rotary’s immunization program. Now a social and political activist, he will also discuss several of the causes he is very passionate about, including world peace, anti-bullying and immunization.
Yarrow’s commitment to political and social causes is largely inextricable from his music career. He has organized, produced and performed at political and charitable events since the 1960s, including the 1969 March on Washington, D.C. and the National Mobilization Committee to End the War.
In 2000, Yarrow founded Operation Respect, a nonprofit organization that aims to reduce school violence by teaching children tolerance and respect for diversity. The organization developed the “Don’t Laugh at Me” program, which uses music and video to teach conflict resolution to elementary and middle school students, and is distributed at no cost to schools.
If you are bringing a guest to this program, please register them on our website no later than Monday, May 8th. Click here to register.
